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Climate change

Over the last 100 years, as the amount of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases has increased significantly through human activities and the use of land has changed considerably, the climate has started to change dramatically.

In the UK, it is anticipated that on average there will be drier summers (which will lead to more pressure on water resources), and when there is rainfall it will be heavy and cause flooding, changes to wildlife habitats and faster coastal erosion.

In addition to the impacts of climate change, the population is increasing around the world and the earth has a finite amount of resources. Non-renewable energy resources such as oil, coal and gas will become scarcer and more expensive if we continue to increase our use of them.

We should be reducing our use of energy through these fossil fuels because of their contribution to climate change and because there is a limited amount of resources.